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Tag Archives: life
Peace, Prognosis, Perspective, Priority
Good morning! We have the bright sun on a quiet Sunday just after the Summer Solstice. This morning I went into the garden and saw that the big mallow flowers have started blooming, the morning glories are blossoming brilliantly, … Continue reading
Posted in Awakened Way (Buddhism)
Tagged and lielessness (five Ls of Global Ethic), and saving all (the five Ss of the Global System), animal karma, animals: mobing beings vs. plants: still beings, durable, Fukushima, General Happiness Index, Global Happiness Index, law (of dependent origination and interdependence of all), liberation, life, love, nuclear power (bomb/plant), nuclearists, orient minds from the source (yoniso manasi-kâra), pyramidal system vs. cyclical system, safe, simple, sustainable, systemic, tree/true: deru or dhri
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System or Self?
Good morning! We had the half moon on New Year’s Day, and then the full moon, and this morning we saw the half moon again. Now we have bright sunlight brightening trees, snow, and the sky. After a few … Continue reading
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Tagged become aware/acknowledge/awakened in holy (wholly wholesome) truh/goodness/beauty/justice/happiness, body/brain, bountiful beauty/goodness/truth/peace in nature, consuming beloved ones/onself (eating son's flesh), cultivation/practice=verification/witness/attainment/perfection, dependent origination/cessation, full moon: awakened mind, galaxies, global warming, home-centric pyramidal system, life, limitless life/light/liberation/love/learning, mass extinction, may all enjoy limitless truth/goodness/beauty/holiness here/now, Milky Way, mind-making to the source, nirvana: windless (of karma): unconditioned peace, nuclear/egotish/economic/ecological meltdown, return to source/origin/truth/peace/harmony/holiness/happiness, self(-centeredness): fundamental delusion, self/survival/system/sustainable/saving/safe/simple/science, sit/stop (karma)/see (dharma)/solve (problems)/save (all from suffering), solar system, stars, the earth, the moon, the sun, the sun and the north wind, winner-take-all? independent-eternal-self?, world on fire: body/brain/mind/perception/conception/emotion/volition on fire, yoniso manasi-kâra
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Mind Mirror
Good morning! We now have a beautiful Sunday morning. Sitting with the Buddha, the beautiful flower on the altar, the cool breeze, the sound of water flowing and birds’ singing penetrates through our world. We can now enjoy the full … Continue reading
Posted in Buddhism, Civilization, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Philosophy, Religion, System, Voluntary simplicity, Zen
Tagged all life forms, amrita (ambrosia/immortality) unconditione peace, beauty, bio-rhythm, Buddha, Buddha mind, cultivation, Dogen, Dragon Palace, fox, full moon, goodness, grace, hare, hummingbird, life, limitless learning/life/light/liberation/love, Mallika, matter, mind mirror, money, monkey, mountain loves me, Pasenadhi, peace, power, Queen, rabbit in the moon, Ryokan, truth, unsurpassed awakening, Urashima Taro, whole world
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Awakening and Awakened Action
Good morning! After some showers we have a little milder weather. Especially after sittings we can enjoy a serene, still, steadfast, and satisfied state. Why do we sit? We all have problems and sufferings (duk-kha: lit. wrong-going, dissatisfaction). We cannot … Continue reading
Posted in Buddhism, Civilization, Culture, Ecology, Global ethic, Global problems, Philosophy, Religion, System, Voluntary simplicity, Zen
Tagged 27 globes, age, aging, amrita (ambrosia/immortality), atman, attan, awakened way, awakening and action, awakening four holy truths, birth, birth and death, bondage, bubble, Buddha (Awakened One), death, delusion, desire, discrimination, diviciveness, exploitation, extermination, ferocious five aggregates, five blisses, five calamities, four concomitant sufferings, freedom, fundamental sufferings, gender, genes, good for all always, harmony, holy eightfold path, karma, karma (physical/verbal/mental actions/habits), liberation, life, light, love, mama, meeting with the hated, nirvana, no gain of the desired, ocean, parting with the loved, peace, possession, practice, race, religion, rooted in the ground/truth, samadhi (concentration/total transformation, sickness, true/tree, truth, unconditioned peace, windless state
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Beyond birth-death
Good morning! Usually when we sit early in the morning we have cool, fresh air, but it’s going up to 101 degrees, with a heat index going up to 115. The world seems to be ablaze – flowers are falling. … Continue reading
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Tagged birth, bubble, candle burning, causes and conditions, death, disaster, life, ocean, pain, pleasure, suffering, truth, truth ocean
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A Day Without Working: A Day Without Eating
Good evening! Day by day we are given life and light. Second by second we are endowed with air and water. Bai-zhang said, “A day without work is a day without eating.” We must appreciate the truth, goodness, beauty, and … Continue reading
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Tagged a day without eating, a day without work, air, Bai-zhang, day by day, life, light, second by second, water
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Emancipation (Mukti, Mutti, Vimukti, Vimokha)
Good evening! From June 1 in Japan people altogether change their dark heavy robes to bright light clothes (called koromo-gae, 衣替え). This makes them feel light and cool. We already can hear the strong sounds of cicadas. Basho made the … Continue reading
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Tagged Basho, better world, body and mind, bond, call for, cast skin, cicada sound, crave for, emancipation, empty cicada, free full function, freedom, life, living, mukti, mutti, nirvana, short life, unconditioned peace, unsurpassed awakening, utsusemi, vimokha, vimukti, wholly wholesome way, world, zazen
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